12+ hour, 35+ min ago   (726+ words) In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems The CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a new appeal on Saturday for the AI industry to “slow down” and offered a…...

23+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1575+ words) Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness – or simply been seduced by an algorithm? One afternoon, while relaxing at his 66-acre cattle ranch two hours…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (472+ words) The 154-page report comes two days after former employee Jacob Coxon resigned due to Anthropic racing to improve its models that would cause human extinction by 2030 Criminals, state-sponsored groups, spyware vendors, scientists and propagandists have attempted to use Anthropic’s powerful…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (86+ words) The Guardian We’d like to hear from people about the impact of extreme heat this summer – and if you’ve had your power cut Have your bills soared with the cost of keeping your home cool? And we especially want to…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (751+ words) US government adviser Paul Christiano warns of risks to AI industry as he joins OpenAI’s non-profit foundation OpenAI is not on track to reduce risks of “catastrophic” loss of control to an acceptable level, a member of its non-profit board…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1171+ words) What sounds like the overwrought penultimate episode in a sci-fi series about AI doom is now our reality On Tuesday, a former OpenAI researcher quit his job at Anthropic, warning that “neither company is acting responsibly” and that “the people…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (179+ words) Some inventions, like the dishwasher, improve our lives. But driverless cars will lobotomise us But OK; I drive an automatic and I use satnav, so I’ll concede on those, as well as on some of the safety features, cruise control,…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (200+ words) Allendale, Northumberland: My late-flowering poppies have lit up the garden, and it’s not only me who’s taken an interest Those blue-grey seeds are sprinkled on bagels and bread, baked into cakes or ground as a thickener for curries, adding protein,…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (196+ words) Who’s more likely to steal sweets from a child? According to science, it’s the rich. A study seemingly confirming our suspicions about the moral behaviour of the wealthy was one of the winners of the 2026 Ig Nobel prizes, which honour…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (641+ words) Plus: Americans think they have it bad with unwanted surveillance. They should visit London Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you after visiting Coney Island in New York…...